Sun, shine! Moon, glow! Stars, twinkle! - Day 4 - creation.com Published in Creation 28(3):24–27 , 2006 ‘Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day’ (Genesis 1:14-19). Photo stockxpert On the fourth day of Creation Week, God made the sun, the moon, the planets, and all the stars—billions of them! He just commanded them to come into being, and they did.

How awesome is the power of God! God made them all for our benefit. The Bible says their purpose was to give light on the earth, with the sun to light up the day, and the moon to light up the night. They were also to be signs to mark seasons, days and years. The sun and moon—Earth’s special lights The sun is the huge star at the centre of our solar system. It is so big that if you wanted to fill the sun with Earths, you would need one million of them. It is made up of white-hot hydrogen and helium gases. The temperature at the sun’s surface is about 6,000ºC, while at the centre it is over 15,000,000ºC. (Water boils at only 100ºC.) The sun’s energy comes from continuous nuclear reactions at its centre that turn its hydrogen into helium, as happens in a hydrogen bomb. Despite this, the sun’s output is mostly heat and light, with little dangerous radiation (and even this small amount is mostly blocked by our atmosphere created on Day 2). This is just right for the support of life on Earth. Just right for life!

When God made our solar system He did it just right. Earth is about 150 million km (93 million miles) away from the sun. This is exactly the right distance to hold the temperature between 0°C and 40°C on most of the earth. This is the temperature needed to sustain most life. If we were just 5% closer to the sun, the oceans would boil and the water would all evaporate. If the earth were only 5% further away, the oceans would freeze. Earth’s orbit around the sun is nearly a perfect circle. If the orbit were oval-shaped (like an egg), the earth would become blazing hot as it approached the sun and deathly cold as it moved away from it. The moon is Earth’s own special satellite. It reflects the sun’s light onto us, even when the sun is on the other side of the earth. It is a rocky place, with no atmosphere and no water, and huge extremes of temperature. It orbits (circles around) Earth every 29½ days. In the days before modern calendars, farmers would count the number of new moons to work out the right time to plant their crops.

(In some parts of the world today, farmers still do this.) If Earth’s speed of rotation about its own axis were much slower than it is, our days would be unbearably hot, and our nights freezing cold. If the rotation were much faster, the wind would blow so strongly that you wouldn’t be able to stand up in the open. The length of each day and night is also just right for the amount of sleep we need. The pull of gravity on the earth by the moon and the sun causes the tides. (At the beach, when the sea level is high, we say ‘it’s high tide’ or ‘the tide is in’. Six hours later, we say ‘it’s low tide’ or ‘the tide has gone out’.) Tides cleanse the ocean’s shores, help put oxygen (that fish breathe) into the water, and help keep the ocean currents moving, preventing the sea from becoming stagnant. The huge planet, Jupiter, with its strong gravity, is in just the right position to pull many comets and meteors away from crashing into Earth and killing us all. God certainly knew what He was doing! He made everything just right.

The Bible says that His eternal power and divine nature can be seen from the things He has made ( Romans 1:20 ). Problems for atheists Photo stockxpert Atheists—people who don’t believe God exists—have huge problems trying to explain all this. How come Earth’s temperature is just right for life, if not due to God’s plan? The fact that there are several theories (all with problems) as to where our moon came from shows that they just don’t know. Another question they can’t explain is: why do three of the planets, Venus, Uranus and Pluto, all rotate in the opposite (or retrograde) direction to the other planets? If the planets all formed the same way they should all be rotating in the same direction. What about the big bang? Many atheists use the idea of a ‘big bang’ to try to explain how they think the universe formed itself without God. But were they there to see what happened? No! They say that first of all there was absolutely nothing. But then, they claim, all the energy and matter contained in all the billions of stars in the universe was somehow there, squeezed into a single point, which suddenly ‘exploded’.

This somehow formed lots of hydrogen gas, which spread out and filled the universe. Then the clouds of hydrogen gas started to pull themselves together by gravity. These clouds got hotter and hotter until they each formed a star. Then these stars exploded and formed all the other elements, like carbon and oxygen, that make up all the stuff in the universe (and you and me). More problems for atheists! But where did the first energy come from? How could it all have been contained in a single point? What made this point ‘explode’? And who ever heard of ‘an explosion’ making order and design? What happens when fireworks explode? You get a bang, certainly, but all you have left is a big mess! There are lots of sound scientific reasons why the big bang idea is wrong, could not work, and simply did not happen. In fact, it takes far more faith to believe in the made-up story about a big bang than it takes to trust that Almighty God made the sun, the moon, the stars, and everything in the universe the way He says He did in the Bible. After all, God was there, so He knows what happened, and He has told us.

‘The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands’ ( Psalm 19:1 ). Why did God wait till Day 4 before He made the sun, moon and stars? Click here for answers to print the picture for colouring in. Make your own water to drink Did you know that if you were out in the bush without any water, you could make good drinkable water from leaves, using the power of the sun? Or you can use the same process to turn seawater into good drinkable water. What you will need: A large bowl (or dig a hole in the ground) A cup Some plastic wrap (or plastic bag) A stone Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Matthew Henry Commentary 1:14-19 In the fourth day's work, the creation of the sun, moon, and stars is accounted for. All these are the works of God.

The stars are spoken of as they appear to our eyes, without telling their number, nature, place, size, or motions; for the Scriptures were written, not to gratify curiosity, or make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints. The lights of heaven are made to serve him; they do it faithfully, and shine in their season without fail. We are set as lights in this world to serve God; but do we in like manner answer the end of our creation? We do not: our light does not shine before God, as his lights shine before us. We burn our Master's candles, but do not mind our Master's work. God created the sun, moon and stars on day one or day four? God created the sun, moon and stars on day one or day four? One of the perplexing mysteries of the Genesis One creation record is that the Sun ( "greater light to rule the day" ) is not mentioned until day four. This has lead many to conclude that the sun was not made/created until after the Earth was created. Let us take a close look at this record.

One wonders, why does it say in verse 1:1 that the heaven/heavens was CREATED ( bara' ) if it is empty ?? "and darkness was upon the face of the deep." ... "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." We take the above verses as our first clue that possibly all the following portions of Genesis One are concerned with what is happening only on the face/surface of the earth ! Strong's Hebrew Dictionary tells us that Hebrew word rachaph translated as "moved" is "A primitive root; to brood;" and all who have just a little knowledge of animals knows that the brood hen does much more than just move/hover. She forms and lays the egg, protects and warms it until incubation, and then feeds and protects the chicks until they are mature enough to go it on their own. Therefore, it seems that to translate rachaph as "moved", "hovering", "fluttering" as most translators do is selling short the business of the Spirit of God over the surface. Now lets take a closer look at the Hebrew word 'asah translated as "made", it has a very broad meaning even as "made" does in the English.

She/He MADE the bed -or- Serta/Sealy MADE the bed ??

6213 `asah aw-saw' a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.

( from ) 6213 `asah {aw-saw'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1708,1709; v AV - do 1333, make 653, wrought 52, deal 52, commit 49, offer 49, execute 48, keep 48, shew 43, prepare 37, work 29, do so 21, perform 18, get 14, dress 13, maker 13, maintain 7, misc 154; 2633 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a

2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze ( from ) Genesis 1 >> GOD'S WORD � Translation 1 In the beginning God created (bara' " ...

stresses that what was formed was new and perfect. The word is used throughout the Bible only with God as its subject."(1)) heaven and earth. NOTE: The water EXISTED from day one ! And the darkness covered the existing water ! 2 The earth was formless ( lit. lie waste, desert ) and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering (brooding) over the water. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light. 4 God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning-the first day. On day two a separation is placed in the EXISTING waters !! 6 Then God said, "Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water." 7 So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was. 8 God named what was above the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning-a second day. On day three the EXISTING waters under the sky are gathered together !!

9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear." And so it was. 10 God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type." And so it was. 12 The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type. God saw that they were good. 13 There was evening, then morning-a third day. And thus we have the precedent of the COVERS being rearranged on days two and three as the water is separated and then the surface water gathered !! So considering the precedent of the rearranging of the water possibly day four also is a rearranging of the COVER, that on day four the LIGHTS THAT EXISTED since day one now can shine brightly on the earth as the atmospheric COVERING is changed, turned from translucent to occasionally transparent, as it is today !!

14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs and will mark religious festivals, days, and years. 15 They will be lights in the sky to shine on the earth." And so it was. 16 God made (" to produce, to prepare, attend to, put in order, to observe, celebrate, to appoint, ordain, institute, to bring about") the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made (" to produce, to prepare, attend to, put in order, to observe, celebrate, to appoint, ordain, institute, to bring about") the stars. 17 God put them in the sky to give light to the earth, 18 to dominate the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening, then morning-a fourth day.

Take special note of "to dominate the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness." From most every where in our solar system the sun only dominates, but from the surface of our rotating earth one experiences day and night and our moon ( "the lesser light" ) is more apparent ( dominates ) as it goes through its phase changes, even though it is often visible during the day also. Thus, even within the narrative of day four it is pointed out that the perspective is from the surface of the earth. Conclusion: a) The narrative of Genesis 1:2 thru 1:19 concerns the phases in which the Spirit of God prepared the surface of the earth to receive the sea, air and land creatures as created on days five and six requiring dry surface land, occasional bright sunshine, and a suitable atmosphere high in water vapor and oxygen. Even the creating of plants on day three adds to this preparation as the plants generate and add oxygen to the atmosphere. b) On day four the surface atmosphere was changed so that the sun, moon, and stars can now shine brightly on the surface of the earth.

The heaven/heavens was not created empty on day one, instead they were filled with the sun, moon and stars, a new and perfect creation as indicated by the Hebrew word bara'. (1) "The Bible Knowledge Commentary", John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck, Victor Books, 1985, p. 28 How could there be light on the first day of Creation if the sun was not created until the fourth day? How could there be light on the first day of Creation if the sun was not created until the fourth day? Subscribe to our Question of the Week : Question: "How could there be light on the first day of Creation if the sun was not created until the fourth day?" Answer: The question of how there could be light on the first day of Creation when the sun was not created until the fourth day is a common one. Genesis 1:3-5 declares, "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light 'day,' and the darkness He called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day." A few verses later we are informed, "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the fourth day" (Genesis 1:14-19). How can this be? How could there be light, mornings and evenings on the first, second, and third days if the sun, moon, and stars were not created until the fourth day? This is only a problem if we fail to take into account an infinite and omnipotent God.

God does not need the sun, moon, and stars to provide light. God is light! First John 1:5 declares, "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all." God Himself was the light for the first three days of Creation, just as He will be in the new heavens and new earth, “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 22:5). Until He created the sun, moon, and stars, God miraculously provided light during the “day” and may have done so during the “night” as well (Genesis 1:14). Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). Much more important than the light of day and night is the Light who provides eternal life to all who believe in Him.

Those who do not believe in Him will be doomed to “outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12). Creation Day #4 Children’s Church Lesson Free help for your children's ministry Creation Day #4 Children’s Church Lesson Twitter Here is the next in our series of children’s church lessons about the days of creation. On day four, God made the Sun, Moon and stars. This lesson was originally designed for as a kids church lesson for children age 5 – 11. It would also work as the Bible lesson for children’s Sunday school. This lesson is part of a series of Bible lessons about creation . Be sure to consider your own ministry context and modify it as needed. Please leave any feedback or suggestions for improvement in the comment box at the bottom of this page. Bible Story: The fourth day of Creation from Genesis 1:14-19 Learning Objectives: After this lesson, the children will demonstrate: The understanding of what God created on the first, second, third and fourth days of creation by working in groups and explaining it to the teacher.

Target Age: Kindergarten – 5th Items Needed: PRINT this lesson plan Bible: Genesis 1:14-19. There is a detailed account of these verses below to help emphasize the importance of these few verses. Flashlight, apple, fork #s 1-20 written on ½ sheets of paper, #s 1-20 written on small strips of paper, CD player, CD, Bowl, Tape Worship You can print off these “ Creation Songs ” and use to lead the children to sing before the Bible lesson. Teaching Plan: The Fourth Day of Creation Bible Lesson Introduction **Review Creation Days #1-3** Following are some questions to review what God created on the first, second and third days of Creation. The answers are in italics.

“What did God create on the first day of creation?” heavens, earth, light “What did God create on the second day of creation?” the sky to separate the water “What did God create on the third day of creation?“ land, plants with seeds, plants with fruit with seeds “What is the difference between ‘making’ and ‘creating’?” to make something is to already have ingredients and just putting them together and to create something means to make something out of nothing Bible Lesson Have the children open their Bibles to Genesis 1:14-19 To help them find it, use the following questions. Answers in italics. What is the first book of the Bible? Genesis Which part of the Bible is Genesis in? Old Testament Read Genesis 1:14-19 aloud to the children. “God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky. Let them separate the day from the night. Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years. Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.” And that’s exactly what happened. God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day.

He made the smaller light to rule over the night. He also made the stars. God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth. He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day four.” NIrV (New International Reader’s Version) Discuss the Bible Reading God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky.” Wait a minute! I thought God created light on the first day of creation? He did, these are specific lights that He created. Let’s look ahead at what they are and why they were made. Let them separate the day from the night. Oh, that’s why. God needed something to separate the day from the night. He gave us something specific to mark the days with. Let them serve as signs to mark off the seasons and the days and the years. What do we have that helps us keep track of days, years and seasons? (allow for responses) Right, we have calendars to help us keep track of those things.

God gave us the lights so that we could have a sort of “calendar” to go by. Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth.” And that’s exactly what happened. God made the lights to give light to the entire earth. God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day. He made the smaller light to rule over the night. What did God make today? (allow for responses) God made the sun and the moon today. He made the bigger light, the sun, be in the daytime and the smaller light, the moon, for the night. God made it lighter in the day and darker at night on purpose. Why do you think He did that? (allow for responses) I’m not sure, but can you even imagine a world where we didn’t have any darkness? (allow for responses) He also made the stars. God put the lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth. He put them there to rule over the day and the night. He put them there to separate light from darkness. So, He didn’t just make the sun and the moon, but He made the stars too?

Why do you think He made the moon and the stars for the night? (allow for responses) I don’t know, but maybe with one big light and many little lights it keeps it dark enough more than one really big light. God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning. It was day four. Again, God was pleased with what He had created on the fourth day of creation. Bible Lesson Activities Use the following activities to reinforce the learning goals. If time is short, move on to the evaluation portion of the lesson plan. Activity: Moon Phases “Now, let’s experiment with why the Moon has phases. All it takes is a bright flashlight and an apple on a fork makes a great Moon.” Have a child come up and hold the flashlight. They are the sun. Have another child come up and hole the apple on the fork. The apple is the moon and their head is the earth. “If you hold the apple out at arm’s length just above the flashlight while facing the Sun, you can’t see it. This is New Moon. The Moon is still in the sky, but we can’t see it because of the bright sunlight.

Now keep the apple at arm’s length and turn slowly counterclockwise and watch what happens. That’s right! You see the apple go through phases, just like our Moon. When your back is towards the Sun, you see the apple as whole, and it will be Full Moon. The Moon will rise on the opposite side of the Earth at the same time the Sun goes down. Keep turning and you’ll see the phases reverse as the Moon moves back towards the Sun again.” Activity: Bible Verse Memorization “God made two great lights.

He also made the stars.” Genesis 1:16 (New International Reader’s Version) Have the children do the following hand motions along with repeating the words after you, to help them learn the Bible Verse: “God”—the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect “made”—the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together “two”—hold two fingers up “great lights”—the middle finger is flicks the front of the mouth “He”— the hand is raised to the heavens and then downward in a sign of respect “also made”— the fists twist on top of one another, as if they were putting something together “the stars”—the index fingers rub against each other as the hands are held up pointing to the sky “Genesis 1”—hold one finger up “16”—hold 3 fingers up (make sure it’s the middle three fingers) and twist the wrist Do this a few times with the children. Make it fun for them to do the motions and say the words. Involving them in active learning is essential for memorization.

Activity: Bible Verse Cake Walk Before you start the game, tape the numbered ½ sheets of paper on the floor in a large circle (only tape down the numbers corresponding to the number of children you have in class that day Put the small numbered strips of paper into the bowl, with numbers on them corresponding to the number of children you have in class that day “You are all going to start by a number on the floor. I will start the music and you will all walk around the circle. When the music stops, you stop by a number. I will then pull a number out of this bowl and whoever is standing by the matching number, says or signs the Bible Verse.” Optional Activity: Read a children’s story about the moon such as Fool Moon Rising . Evaluation: Put the children into 4 groups and assign each group a day of creation. Each group must be able to tell the teacher what God created on that day of creation. If you have time, assign the groups a different day of creation (doing this 4 times so that each group will have explained each day of creation.) Apologetics Press - When Were the Sun, Moon, and Stars Created? When Were the Sun, Moon, and Stars Created? by Eric Lyons, M.Min.

At first glance, this seems like an easy question. Just as children have been singing for generations, it was on day four when God made “the Sun, Moon, and stars galore.” Some, however, have alleged that the “sun, moon and stars were created ‘in the beginning’ (Gen. 1:1)” (Thurman, 2006, p. 3), rather than on day four of Creation. Presumably, on the fourth day, God “set” the sun, moon and stars in the heavens to govern the days, months, seasons and years (verse 17). When God “set” the lights in the heavens, it was much like when we “set” a clock. And that really is what God did—He “set” His clock on the 4th day. But these (the sun, moon, stars) were all created “in the beginning” (Gen. 1:1) (Thurman, 2006, p. 3, emp. added). The problem with this line of argumentation is that it contradicts what the Bible says. Certainly, “[i]n the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).

But, it was not until later that God created the Sun, Moon, and stars. Genesis 1:14-19 reads: Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day (Genesis 1:14-19, emp. added). God not only “set” (Hebrew nathan) the Sun, Moon, and stars in their precise locations in the heavens on the fourth day of Creation, but it was on this day when God literally “made” (Hebrew asah) these heavenly bodies.

Similar to how God initially made the land and seas void of animal life (which later was created on days five and six of Creation), the “heavens” were made “in the beginning,” but the hosts of heaven (which now inhabit them) were created “in the firmament of the heavens” on day four (Genesis 1:14). Consider also how God spoke light into existence on day one of Creation, saying, “Let there be light” (1:3, emp. added). On the fourth day God declared, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens...and it was so” (1:14-15, emp. added). Gary Workman commented on this similarity, saying: “Let there be lights” (v. 14) is identical in grammatical construction with other statements of “let there be...” in the chapter. Therefore the command can only mean that God spoke the luminaries into existence on the fourth day just as he had created the initial light on day one and the firmament on day two (1989, p. 3). On day one God made intrinsic light; on day four He made the generators of light.

Keep in mind that “the Father of lights” (James 1:17), Who is “light” (1 John 1:5), could create light easily without first having to create the Sun, Moon, and stars. Just as God could produce a fruit-bearing tree on day three without a seed, He could produce light supernaturally on day one without the “usual” light bearers (which subsequently were created on day four). Again, there is no indication in Scripture that the generators of light already were made before day four. Suppose, however, that the creation of the heavens “in the beginning” had included the creation of the Sun, Moon, and stars (which Genesis 1:14-19 says were made on day four). One still would not be justified in trying to appease the evolutionary timeline by claiming that the “beginning” took place billions of years before the six days of Creation. Why? Because God said, “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day” (Exodus 20:11, emp. added).

Both the heavens and all that is in the heavens were created during the six-day creation. In truth, on day one God created “the heavens,” and on day four He made the Sun, Moon, and stars. And all things were made within the six days of Creation. No “rightly divided” (2 Timothy 2:15) Bible passage will lead a person to any other conclusion. REFERENCES Thurman, Clem (2006), “How Was Light Before the Sun?” Gospel Minutes, September 8. Workman, Gary (1989), “Questions from Genesis One,” The Restorer, 9[5/6]:3-5, May/June. Day 4 of Creation: Sun, Moon, & Stars - I Can Teach My Child! I Can Teach My Child! Day 4 of Creation: Sun, Moon, & Stars March 9, 2011 by Jenae - 7 Comments This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy .

“And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.” -Genesis 1:14-19 Go here to download this image. On the fourth day of creation, God created the sun, moon, and stars. This day always intrigues me because God actually created light on the first day. However, all light derived at this point in time is from the sun, which wasn’t created until the fourth day! It reminds me that God is big enough and powerful enough to produce light from Himself alone! Today we made a mobile to represent the fourth day of God’s creation.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, crayons, yarn, glue stick, and tape. 1. Draw a moon, stars, and the sun on a blank piece of paper using a black crayon. Turn the paper over and trace the outline of what you already drew on the other side. This way, when the paper gets turned around on the mobile, it will still show the stars, moon, etc. 2. Let your little one color both sides of the paper. 3. Next, let him/her cut out the shapes. Big Brother got frustrated with this after cutting out one star, so I just did the rest. 4. Cut a black piece of construction paper in half and then glue the two ends together. 5. Cut piece of yarn, enough for however many pictures you have. 6. Tape the yarn to the top. Then tape each picture onto the bottom of each piece of yarn. Tape two arcs at the top. 7. Glue (or tape) the ends of the black construction paper together. 8. Cut another small piece of yarn and then tie the two arcs of yarn together. 9. Hang! Have fun!

Here is the song to go along with this day (again, please excuse my terrible singing voice). Big Brother had a hard time saying all of the words quick enough. :) God made sun, moon, stars galore Day 4, Day 4 Did God make the sun, the moon and the stars on the fourth day? - YouTube Did God make the sun, the moon and the stars on the fourth day? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 24, 2010 From our series entitled, "The Biblical Account of Creation: Does It Square With Scientific Evidence Today?", This clip discusses the question: On creation day four, the moon and the stars became distinctly visible from earth's surface for the first time. Did God make the sun, the moon and the stars on the fourth day? Category

Question: On what day of creation did God make the Sun, the Moon and the Stars?
Answer: The Fourth